Good idea about just keeping them for retirement, on the other hand I really hope I do not need miles for retirement pruposes... but who knows?

Appreciate the ST concept to MLE and am trying to look into that today that I am actually at home... before leaving again tomorrow which will not give me a lot of free time. Have many miles with DL, AF and NW (mainly DL and AF with balances in the multi-million level).

What flights btw?

On a side note, I have been getting numerous emails asking to barter, trade, sell etc. miles and have not replied mainly bcs I am not interested, but thanks. However ONE PM was well recieved, about donating miles to another worthy cause. It just so happens I have 56,000 UA miles I do not intend to use or accumulate and have donated them to the ALS cause, thanks for your PM kind FTer the miles are on their way, hope you can use them in a meaningful way.

Roger